Why reproductive rights are the first step to a freer, fairer world

Oct 18, 2017

An unnamed 18-year-old teenager, who is eight months pregnant, rests outside her room at the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women in Bangkok March 7, 2013. Thailand's teenage pregnancy rate is the highest in Southeast Asia after neighbouring Laos, according to the Bureau of Reproductive Health at the Thai Public Health Ministry.

An unnamed 18-year-old teenager, who is eight months pregnant, in Bangkok, Thailand Image: REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Bjorn Andersson

Asia-Pacific Regional Director, United Nations Population Fund

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Access to contraception is improving globally - but at an ever-slower rate Image: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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